Let’s Learn Art Making Hand Shadows

Read to your child

In Shadow Showdown, Bing and Bong had so much fun making silly and scary movies for their Flocker friends. They made animal shapes and noises and danced to rock music. The Flockers were delighted by Bing and Bong’s movie. You can make your own movie too by learning to do what Bing and Bong did.

You will learn …

To plan and create your own shadow movies, using your hand, a flashlight, stuffed animals or shadow puppets. This will help you with:

• Making your hands work well with your eyes and brain
• Planning a show
• Performing a show

Parents

Intro to get parents aware of and excited about it, so they are learning something new (also value of activity). Why is it important to learn at this age? What background do they need about the topic?

Skills...

• Eye-hand coordination (forming shadow shapes)
• Confidence while putting on a performance
• Planning and improvising skills for performance

Author: Ann H. McCormick, PhD